Re: Swordfish loss 1940
Hello,
Thank you all for your replies.
What I have is the following .
16/05/1940
814 Sqn, HMS Hermes
Swordfish - "H3G"
Hit sea during a dummy attack on HMS Hermes, position given as 08°,31" N by 13°,37" W.
Crew: Liversidge and Bax. both killed.
AND
814 Sqn HMS Hermes
Swordfish "H3H" - (my thinking is that this a/c was possibly L9723 ?).
Crashed on shore in a dummy attack on Freetown defenses.
Marriott RAF attached (c/16471442) Indian Ocean.
Also as Freetown is on the Atlantic Coast I wonder about the reference to "Indian Ocean" in C/16471442 ?
But cannot understand how Naval-History.net got Liversidge date as 14th.
Extra: the "Y" file of the late Henk has Marriott as crew with Liversidge and Bax, Y0085 ?
Alex
Last edited by Alex Smart; 15th November 2020 at 14:12.
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